irene and remnants from tropical storm lee. he can expect to see a lot of what you're seeing. the flooding from the river there, flooded homes and scattered debris. a point village in alaska, point lay, thousands of wall russs have parked themselves on the coastline. 40,000 of them. some think they're trying to get away from foot traffic. as i get ready to hand this thing over to randi kaye. my apologies to my viewers, i feel horrible about that. i have been telling them to choose the news for the past two hours. we ran out of time. couldn't get it in. now, you have to go to suzanne's facebook page, facebook.com/suzannecnn to see the choose the news winner. >> i can't believe it

>> i'm sorry. >> i will take it from here. have yourself a great day. hello, everyone. the battle ground state is different. the pitch is the same. right now, president obama is trying to pump up support for his jobs bill at north carolina state university in raleigh. since he unveiled the plan in a speech to congress last thursday, he's traveled to virginia, ohio, and now north carolina, promoting its mix of tax cuts, cuts on the wealthy to pay for it. those are fighting words to republicans. but look at this a brand-new cnn/orc poll, show more americans like the jobs act than not. the president also leads in the trust contest. asked whom may trust more to handle our troubled economy? 46 .say mr. obama. 37 .say republicans in congress.

more than 7 americans say they're angry about the way things are going. and that could explain, at least one of the outcomes of yesterday's special elections. vacant house seats were up in nevada and new york. the new york seat is in heavily democratic district. it, too, went to a drm, bob turner, he called his race a referendum on president obama. next year is another story. that brings us back to jobs. the aparent front-runner is this man, rick perry. my colleague ed lavendera tried to find out

>> my actions as governor are helping to create jobs in this country. >> reporter: really loves to talk about jobs. >> it is time to get america working again. >> is rick perry, restoration of jobs and the american dream begins now. >> reporter: the campaign ads are clear. since perry became governor, the state's gained more than 1 million jobs. while the rest of the country has lost 1.5 million jobs. some call it the texas miracle. perry said that his push for tort reform, lower tax cuts, makes texas a model state. >> it wouldn't think your model state would be number one in low wages. number one in a lack of health insurance. you wouldn't think your model state would be smack dab in the middle in terms of unemployment.

>> we literally people have crammed in like this. >> reporter: this is a high-tech company virtual computing environment. >> we looked both coasts. boston area, chicago. >> reporter: the vice president said that the company picked a dallas suburb in large part b because of a program created by rick perry. >> d texas come after you guys in. >> they didn't approach us proactively. when we came here, they embraced us heavily. >> reporter: in march, rick p per perry mentioned that a health care would be locating to the dallas suburb of plano. he said that the company would create hundred new jobs in dallas. a official at golden living said they're relocating 50 of those

employees and hire another 50 here. >> job attraction and job creation are two different things. if all of you're doing is moving jobs from utah to texas, then the nation's not any better off competitively. >> reporter: critics say that governor perry is claiming credit for things out of his control. about a fourth of the jobs created in texas under perry are mostly government jobs. the state's also benefitted from high energy prices, fueling growth for oil and gas companies. but rick perry's convinced that voters will give him credit for making texas a better place to do business. >> and ed joins me live from dallas. bottom line, is ricky perry a job creation master mind? >> that's what he wants people to believe.

his critics, you heard mitt romney said, when you're dealt four aces, the oil and gas industry in texas has been going pretty well. the governor will latch on to that as well. you know, a lot of his critics will say, if it fits on the bumper sticker nicely that the texas is doing better much of the country. >> a couple of things that i find interesting here if you look at what's helped texas, hasn't it been big government and government jobs and even the stimulus which rick perry isn't exactly a fan of? >> this is interesting. the texas legislation meets every two year. obviously, this year, governor perry wasn't going to touch stimulus money. it needed federal stimulus to balance the budget.

lot of people don't remember that, or haven't really paid a lot of attention what happened two years ago. what's interesting as well n the last few months, we have seen an uptick in the texas unemployment rate, it's at 8.4%. the national unemployment rate is 9.1%. when those unemployment numbers and texas numbers are a lot closer than they are right now? what does that to rick perry's campaign? that would -- many people think that would deflate rick perry's jobs theme that he has going so well for him. >> ed, thank you so much. checking some other developing stories that we're following along with you today, not the kind of news that you want to especially if yourself if this money, russell pierce, the state's supreme court has

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jury selection in the conrad murray trial is under way in los angeles. dr. murray faces charges of manslaughter in the death of michael jackson, he's accused of giving michael jackson the drug that killed him. opening statements set for the 27th, we thought that we would take a look back since the death of the king of pop. the desperate 911 call comes

from inside michael jackson's rented biferly hills mansion. >> he's pumping. he's pumping the chest. >> reporter: the king of pop's heart has stopped. he's unconscious. his personal physician, dr. conrad murray who could be heard in the background is performing cpr. >> reporter: as the emergency unfolds, news spreads. >> we're getting some breaking news coming into the "the situation room," about michael jackson the king of pop. >> his family is at his bedside. >> my brother passed away on thursday, june 25th, to 09, at 2:26 p.m. >> reporter: sorrow, shock and

so many unanswered questions. immediately the investigation begins to focus on jackson's physician, dr. conrad murray, a cardiologi cardiologist hired by the king of pop. police announced that they impounded the doctor's car from the singer's mansion. days later, on june 30th, a registered nurse tells cnn, jackson had insomnia and asked her for propofol. propofol is usually administered through an iv drip. >> propofol is a medication that he uses all the time. is this it right over here? >> yes. >> it looks like milk of mag

knee sha. >> reporter: by july 1st, jackson's death is a full-blown drug investigation. >> here in los angeles the investigation into michael jackson's death has taken a dramatic turn. >> reporter: weeks later, july 22nd n a surprise raid federal agents searched dr. murray's houston clinic, they take a computer hard drive, documents and rolodex cards. five days later, july 27th, a major bombshell. a source tells cnn, dr. murray gave michael jackson propofol, within 24 hours of his death. >> for a patient to be administered propofol in their home, to me is outrageous. >> reporter: on july 30th,

search warranties to for his home, prescribing to an addict, also evidence of manslaughter. on august 18th, dr. murray makes his first public comments. he releases this video online. >> i have done all i could do, i told the truth and i have faith that the truth will prevail. >> reporter: august 24th, the l.a. county coroner concludes that michael jackson died of an overdose of propofol. >> propofol killed michael jackson the preliminary coroner report is telling us so. >> he was apparently trying to wean him off of it. >> reporter: according to a affi did, avit dr. murray said that he had been treating him.

the day he died, he gave him 25 milligrams. 911 was called almost two hours later. >> what about murray's actions the day that jackson collapsed? >> he said that he finally went to asleep according to this affidavit. he said that he was gone for two minutes maximum according to the documents. when he came back, michael jackson wasn't breathing. >> dr. conrad murray is charged with involuntary manslaughter. he pleads not guilty and is released on 75,000 bail. >> dr. murray did not cause the death of mj mental. there's no way that he would pump michael jackson full of propofol and walk that room. >> reporter: dr. murray could get up to four years in prison

for the death of the king of pop. more than 400 potential jurors have been going through the selection process. they're familiar with the conrad murray case. they won't be sequestered. opening statements are set for the 27th of september. all right, look around you, how many people do you think live in poverty? 1 in 12, 10, 6, or maybe 1 in 3, the surprising answer coming up. [ female announcer ] we are taking new ultra downy with silktouch to the streets.

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poverty, many of them are children, that's the brutal reality according to the latest numbers released by the census bureau. a new segment devoted to news this we should be covering a whole lot more. here are what the numbers tell us. there you go, last year's the nation's poverty rate was 15%. more than 46 million people lived in poverty last year that 's the highest number in 52 years. we're talking more and more of your family members, your friends and co-wokkers just struggling to survive. what's the most heartbreaking is how this has devastated the children. 1 out of every 5 children live in poverty. the poverty rate for them is 22%. i want to point out that's

higher than the nation's overall rate. and the rate for african-american children is nearly 40%. 39.2%. and for hispanic children more than 1/3 live in poverty. we're just scratching the surface here. here to talk with us about this is tavis smiley. what's most striking to you about these latest numbers that we just looked at? >> well, first of all, randi, thank you for doing this statement. this is a subject matter that we ought to be talking about in this country. too often those us in the media, are content to cover the horse race in washington. to answer your question, what troubles me about these numbers is that they keep growing.

no signs that these numbers are going to go down. in any significant way. over the next couple of years. i just saw a report in the car on the way to the studio in new york, suggested that african-american unemployment isn't going to drop until 2013, maybe 2014, that's a long time to go with numbers increasing every month, every quarter and so the striking part to answer your question, these numbers keep growing. >> and what would you say is happening to the middle class? when you look at these numbers, some people describe it as society is taking the shape of an hour glass. >> the new poor are the former middle class. i get sick and tired of politicians talking all the time about and to the middle class as if somehow the middle class is the same now then it was ten, 12 years ago. the new poor are the former middle class. the numbers that you just laid

out, make the case loudly. more and more people are falling into the ranks of the poor every single day. so, at some point, politicians have to stop being afraid to say the word, poor, we can discuss everything else in washington. and never get serious about a conversation about we eradicate poverty. the folk they should be referencing f the middle class continues to fall more and more into the ranks of the poor, we have to move beyond to placate and talk about the middle class. >> tavis, when you talk about the president's jobs plan, extending unemployment benefits, unemployment insurance helped 3.2 million people out of poverty in 2010, so how significant or how important is this? >> i think his jobs bill is

important. i think he should have gotten around to this earlier. having said that, i'm glad that he finally addressed the issue. the question is, will he compromise or cave when the republicans start pushing back on this plan? as they surely will. will he have the courage, conviction, commitment to stand by the proposals that he laid out? having said, i don't think personally, with all due respect to the president, is big enough. that's the real issue for me, we got to serious about this. i'm glad we're starting somewhere. i wish the plan were bigger. considering the deficit reduction plan passed this summer, that plan didn't have any new taxes on the rich or the lucky. didn't close a single corporate

loophole. the question is, will the president and those who support this plan stick by it? or will they get pushed against the wall again by the republicans in. >> very quickly here, how do we get beyond these numbers? how do we pull this country out of poverty? >> by making jobs a priority. i can do it quickly. this country can do anything it wants to do when it makes the issue a priority. we bailed out the washington and the auto industry. we won wars. this is not a skill problem, it's a will problem. do we have the will to eradicate poverty in this country? >> tavis smiley, such an important topic to who gives it attention. we'll continue to follow it and we hope to have you on again. >> good to be on with you.

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and he traveled to north carolina state university to deliver his speech -- third speech in as many days. >> everything in this legislation, everything in the american jobs act, is the kind of proposal that in the past at least, has been supported by democrats and republicans. everything in it will be paid for. >> a new cnn poll shows more americans trust the president on economic matters than they trust republicans in congress. republican bob turner has won a special election in new york's heavily democrat iic 9th district. he wins anthony weiner's old seat. the republican was endorsed by former democratic new york mayor

ed koch. freedom for two americans held by iran is in doubt today. yesterday, a lawyer for josh fattal and shane bauer said that bail was paid. today, a judge is only considering bail. fattal and bauer said that accidentally strayed into iran while hiking in iraq. in kentucky, a man accused of fastrapping a fake boom to a australian girl is set to appear at extradition hearing today. police say that the suspect broke into the home of 18-year-old girl in australia, attached a fake bomb, left a note demaending man. she spent ten hours in the house, testing the evidence to make sure it wouldn't explode.

what's expected to be the world's largest airport is now under construction, just southwest of beijing, china the airport will be the size of bermuda, occupying a total of 22 square miles with nine runways. construction on the airport is due to be completed in the year 2015. two congressional seats up for grabs in a special election. and the republicans take them both. are democrats sending a message to washington? it's all fair game and it's next.

the gop wins two congressional seats in a special election. republican bob turner beat out democratic for representative anthony weiner's seat in new york. a seat long held by democratics. the republicans also took out the nevada seat, mark amodei beat kate marshall. here to weigh in is republican congressional national communications director jon spicer. is the gop, do you think, sending a message here? and remember, it is all fair game? >> i think there's two sides to this, yes, we're sending a message that our message is resonating. the work of the house republicans is getting through to folks. equally as important, president

obama's policies, in a district like new york 9, that should have been overwhelming democratic hasn't been in the hands of republicans since 1923. when those kind of districts are in play, that does not spell good news for the president. >> well you know, everybody likes to get the fix in the little elections. they kind of match up where endorsements match up. a great conversation for the y day, not a lot of long-term impact. nevada is a seat that they have had forever. nothing new is going to happen there. i don't think there's a lot of long-term impact here. the poll numbers that you guys have put out today at cnn. about the pourp lpularity of th president's jobs plan, what about his own standing when you

look at other polling. the president's standing in those battle ground states. these are tough times politically for both sides. no two moments about that aren't real. what is real here, there are real solutions people are looking for. the president's put it out on the table and he's looking for those house republicans that you just heard sean talk about to really stand up and see what they're going to do for the american people. >> sean, despite those polls a sign here that the republicans are gaining some momentum? >> absolutely. i would rather be us than them any day of the week right now. in terms of the rnc yesterday, we raked in $20 million. to her point, the president's poll numbers in new york city are at 37%. you can't get bluer than that. if you want to talk poll numbers, if you can't hold a

district in new york city, you can't start talking about places like indiana, north carolina, virginia, i mean, their base is crumbling. this was a heavily democratic district since 1923. the closest that any republican had come was 20 points. he won it by 8 points. i would be happy to talk about poll numbers. i think they have to get their base together before they start talking about going into the swing states. >> sean, i would encourage you not to be too excited over one race. i think what matters to see where both come out is what's going to happen with putting america back to work. the president has put a jobs plan out there and we'll see if everybody steps up and get behind this. it gives a chance for people to get back to work and it really goes into fixing that infrastructure this country

needs. >> but, the people last night -- ig president has put a proposal together that pays for it. well -- >> sean, you got five seconds. >> i think, you know the vote last night was a reflection of the president's jobs plan, the same results that yielded zero jobs last month. i think this was to some degree a referendum on the president's jobs plan. >> we'll leave it there. sean spicer and kiki mclien, thank you so much. how secure is the afghan capital, new questions in the aftermath of the taliban's daring attack in kabul. a live report with incredible pictures that you do not want to miss. we'll have them for you right after this. at exxonmobil we knor is yes. when we design any well, the groundwater's protected by multiple layers of steel and cement.

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responsibility and interfere immediately to stop this crime, moammar gadhafi, leader of the revolution. >> sirt is one of three cities remaining in the hands of loyalist troops zblfshlts new hard questions this hour over just how secure the afghan capital is. this after a daring, coordinated deadly attack by taliban in the capital of kabul. it lasted 20 hours. the insurgents used the top floor of a high-rise building. u.s. and other nato and afghan troops had to fight to gain control of the building. the dead included four afterbegan policemen and one civilian and six militants. suzanne malveaux walked through that building shortly after. the scenes you're about to see shows just intense that fighting was. >> reporter: five of the men were wearing burqa to disguise

themselves. they took the burqas off and then all entered this building. this is where they stayed. the television the remote control. you also see the bedding here. this is where the terrorist on the second floor, first confronted the police, they shot one officer and then they threw him over the ledge. this is the sixth floor, when the terrorists got up here, you see they cut all of the power lines the phones, the lights, to make sure it was dark, that they didn't have any communication with the outside world. we're told one of them were injured here and tended to his wounds while waiting for help. here on the 12th floor is where the final showdown was, there's ed of it everywhere. spent shell casings and if you take a look around, there are hundreds and hundreds of holes on the wall here. clearly, a fierce firefight that went on here for hours, well

into the morning to get the terrorists. i'm told that this is where the last terrorist was killed. you can see the old scarf left behind, holes in it, an old water bottle. on the wall, evidence of him being shot here. some perspective, we're in the building on the 12th floor. here's what the terrorists saw, if you take a look, if you go beyond a half-mile, you see that orange embassy, over to the left, the white building is the nato building -- >>. >> suzanne malveaux joins us from kabul. this battle lasted for hours. >> it really did. he talked about it as being harassment and not an attack and it could have been a lot worse.

that's his job to promote that u.s. policy and the strategy is being successful. he's trying to convince fol thax the afghans, police, are going to be up to speed in time to justify that u.s. and nato command troops are going to be coming home by the end of 2014. that's why he's putting it out there. that's because he wants to promote the same idea that they're up to speed. they're up to the task. but i did talk to other officials, afghan officials and other folks on the ground who thought that this was a chaotic disaster. you didn't have the kind of communication between the international forces and the >> thank you very much. all right. so what is the one word you use

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check this out, do you approve or disapprove about how he's conducting business, handling his job as president? 43% approve, that number is kind of consistent. he didn't get any big bounce out of the speech. but look at the number on the bottom, 55% disapprove of the job he's doing. for president obama that's his highest disapproval in our polling. the next number, is the president a strong and decisive leader? those numbers are starting to detier yait down to 48% from 57% last may. and finally, important on the economy, of course, tough numbers for the president but more people trust the president to had handle the economy than members of the republican party and congress. as tough it is for the president, i guess the numbers are worse for republicans. >> i guess he'll pay attention to those. paul steinhauser in washington. thank you, paul. so one of the worst parts of flying has to be boarding a plane, right? the waiting, getting bumped by luggage and people on cell

phones and did i mention the waiting? yes. believe it it or not, airlines want you to board faster, too. not because they're so nice necessarily. studies have shown that airlines can save up to $30 per flight for every minute cut from boarding time. good news for everybody, right? maybe. my next guest has zoofr discovered a quicker way to get us seated. he suggests loading ten passengers at a time by alternating rows starting from the back of the plane to eed rad kate all the traffic jams between people talking on cell phones and loading luggage. it took just 3 minutes 30 seconds to load a 12-row plane, two times faster than the traditional method. from jackson, wyoming, a man you may all want to hug if his idea really works. astrophysicist jason stefen.

explain a little bit more how this idea of yours works. >> well, the basic idea is traditional methods tend to have a lot of passengers in the same part of the airplane. if you call five rows of passengers at once, you'll have 30 passengers trying to get into five rows of seats. so they'll end up standing in the aisle waiting around not being able to do anything while other people are putting luggage away. so the method that i proposed is kind of the anti-block where you try to get as many passengers into the aisle at the same time that can all put their luggage away at once. so if you had 20 rows in an airplane, send in ten people, ten people puts their it luggage away at once and it it streamlines the boarding process. >> your tests were done on a plane with 12 seats. would this work on a bigger jet, dow you think? >> i think it would most certainly work and probably be a slightly better improvement in in the boarding time relative to boarding in blocks to have it on a bigger airplane.

>> and why do you think airplanes aren't doing this already, the airlines are just, what, not ready to try it? >> well, it 's probably not an easy thing to change boarding process because if you do save some time at the boarding gate, you still need to recuperate the time by adjusting your flight plan. it it's not something you can change in a weekend. is it it's study, where do we send an airplane once it has extra 20 minute snz how do we readjust all the flight schedules across the country? you can't implement it it in a week, but it it doesn't mean you couldn't implement it at all. >> all right. jas jason steffen. for much more about jason's boarding method, check out my facebook page.

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but most of them are. and they include some frontline therapies for breast, colon, lung, and testicular and leukemia. as recently as 2006, only 56 drugs were on the da's short list. last year, more than three times that many. i'm joined now by someone who knows this problem intimately, susan kennedy, a lawyer from missouri and breast cancer patient. her drug of choice for chemotherapy was with rationed. sus susan, you wrote a powerful column about your ordeal in "usa today." tell us about the day you learned there wasn't enough taxall to go around. >> i didn't have any idea this was a problem at all. my doctor contacted me and told me that there might not be any paclataxal for me the next morning. and i just paused and i guess from the look on my face he said, really, i'm not kidding.

because it's such a hard thing to believe that it could be happening in the united states. you know, i did a little research myself and we talked about it, and it was basically devastating on top of everything else to find out that you might not be able to get the drug you need to survive. >> and you say that this shortage and this decision by some of the drug companies who have seen a drop in profit so they're not making these drugs any more, you say this decision served their bottom line but placed a burden on those relying on them, really. it puts people like you in danger. how concerned are you? >> oh, i'm very concerned. not just for myself but for the hundreds of thousands of other chemotherapy paishtd patients o. every friday i would go to chemotherapy and sit there for hours, and you really bond with the people had ththat are recei treatment alongside you. you're looking around the room wondering who's getting their

treatment and who's not. it's a very sad state of affairs. >> you are a lawyer by trade. you're an advocate by nature. what do you want the government to do? what do you want the drug companies to do? >> well, i know they're looking into several options to alleviate this problem. there is legislation pending that would require drug companies to notify the fda prior to the time they make a decision it to stop namaking a drug. they're looking at importing drugs from foreign countries. but these things take -- they're going to take time, and people who are in the middle of treatment right now don't have the time. so i'm looking for them to speed the process p up. >> stay with us, susan. i want to bring in valerie jensen, a captain in the public health service.

captain thank you for coming on and talking about this. a serious issue for people who need these drugs so pbadly. can you help us understand why there is a shortage? >> the shortages that have occurred have been the hospital drugs, unfortunately we've seen a large number of oncology drug shortages ar as you're aware. we're very concerned about that. why these are concerning, many of them involve quality problems, problems that the manufacturers that have been making the drugs are having. we're working with the companies on that. the other issue is that often these older drugs get discontinued, especially in favor of newer drugs. so unfortunately we have fewer and fewer firms making these drugs. it's a big problem. >> and from what i understand and correct me if i'm wrong here, the drug companies don't have to tell the fda when they've stopped making a drug or when they expect a shortage? there's no ruling that they must alert the fda? >> that's right. so really the only requirement

that is currently in place is that companies have to let the da six months before they p stop making a drug. there's no penalty if they don't let us know. unfortunately sometimes these shortages occur, often they do, and the fda receives no notification. >> susan, i understand last friday was a big day for you. >> yes, it was. it was my very last day of a six-month regimen of chemotherapy. so i graduated. >> is there anything you would like to say or request from the drug companies or from the fda since we have the captain here? >> yes. i would like them to think not just of the drugs but of each individual person who is depending on that drug for their very survival. they're in the middle of the fight of their life, and they need all the help they can get right now. >> i want to share with all of you and our viewers included here a statement from teva

pharmaceuticals. they responded to our request and they tell us that our shortages are due to the fact that our facility that manufacturers our injectable drugs in california has been on a production hold since april 2010. we've resumed some production with the focus being on lifesaving drugs on the shortage list. we anticipate it it will take us through the end of the year to resume full production at that site. captain, do you feel like you're getting cooperation from the drug companies? do they understand how important this is to people like susan? >> well, we continue to work very closely with the companies making these drugs. we know how important they are for our patients and we're continuing to work really closely with them and we'll continue to do so. >> is there any chance you can get some of these drugs possibly from foreign countries? how long would that take? these patients don't have a lot of time, unfortunately. >> absolutely. we know when a shortage is ongoing and it won't be quickly fixed we're working with

companies overseas to bring in drugs from overseas. and we have done that. we've done that eight times recently for drugs in shortage. we're carefully evaluating those drugs to make sure they're safe for our patients. >> valerie jensen, susan kennedy, we appreciate your time. susan, we certainly hope you're feel good in the days and months ahead. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. >> thank you. checking some developing stories we're following president obama is back on the road pushing his jobs bill, taking his speech to the battleground state of north carolina. he headed to north carolina state university to deliver his third speech in as many days and he again said it is time for congress to act abdomen passes the bill. republicans say they're open to some aspects of the plan they don't want anything to do with the part calling for tax hikes. >> it was a classical political

battle. the little-known guy won. in in a huge upset, republican businessman bob turner defeated democrat david weprin. democrats have controlled this seat sinceer takes over the sea by anthony weiner. republicans are calling the victory a sign of trouble for president obama. at the cnn tea party express, michele bachmann threw off the gloves and telling rick perry his decision to force young girls to get the hpv vaccine offensive. we look at rick perry's relationship with merck, the provider of that vaccine. first, new technology has tak taken hands free to the next level. here's gary tuchman. >> reporter: drew miller was 43

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of. besides social security, rick perry's hpv vaccine mandate was a hot topic at the debate. michele bachmann tore off the gloves going after the texas governor for forcing young girls to get vaccinated and calling into question his relationship with the drug manufacturer merck. ed lavandera has a closer look at perry and merck. >> reporter: the had hpv controversy has hovered over rick perry for more than four years, but it it wasn't until the cnn tea party debate that perry's opponents really dug into the it texas governor. >> to have innocent little 12-year-old girls be forced to have a government injection through an executive order is just flat-out wrong. the drug company gave thousands of dollars in political donations to the governor and this is just flat-out wrong. >> the company was merck, and it it was a $5,000 contribution that i had received from them. i raise about $30 million.

and if you're saying i can be bought for $5,000, i'm offended. >> reporter: $5,000 in 2006, according to texas campaign finance documents, but altogether merck has donated more than $28,000 to rick perry's gubernatorial campaigns in the last ten years. more than $20,000 of those donations were made before the governor issued the controversial hpv executive order. >> but i do not understand why we as a people would not take this opportunity to use this vaccine that has come to us. >> reporter: that was rick perry back in 2007 trying to muster support for the hpv vaccine mandate, but he was heavily criticized when it it emeernlged his formerer he chief of staff mike toomey had worked for a lobbiest for merck before and after working for perry. dallas tea party activist christina peerson attended the debate and most in hall weren't

happy with his answers on this issue. >> p capital cronyism is important and runs rampant among both parties. the issue has to be discussed and we need a candidate who's not special interest driven. >> reporter: the relationship between rick perry, his former chief of staff and the drugmaker merck is troubling to texas for public justice. it it found while perry was prominent in the texas governors association, merck donated more than $377,000 to the rga. that's since 2006. in the same period, the association has donated $4 million to rick perry's campaigns for governor, all perfectly legal but a glimpse into how money runs through the political system. and now rick perry says he handled the hpv vaccine issue all wrong. >> but on that particular issue, i will tell you that i made a mistake by not going to the legislature first. >> at the end of the day, this was about trying to stop a

cancer. >> ed lavandera joins us now. ed, do you think p perry's relationship with merck might hurry the campaign or no? >> well, it it's interesting. it it didn't hurt him in the last gubernatorial election here. rick perry defeated senator kay bailey hutchison believed at the time to be the most popular republican politician in the state. perry defeated her soundly in the primary and went on to win the general election as well. perry's folks have said for more than four years that that relationship between perry and his former chief of staff and him going on to work for merck had no bearing on his decision. they say everything was above board and have long denied that. hasn't affected him in this campaign or the last election here in texas. we'll see how this issue continues to kind of fester over here in the presidential election. >> yeah. something, ed, that the viewers couldn't see at home was really what happened after the debate where a lot of tea partiers jumped ship and now they're backing romney. you think we might expect to see

more of that after the debate? >> that's one of the things we brought up with the dallas tea party activist that was in the story there, she had just flown back here to dallas. i said, that explanation on the hpv issue, how did that go over? did he win people over in that hall? she didn't think soflt it will be interesting to see if that issue turned people away. she mentioned the words there, capital cronyism, a popular fraidz that's spreading among a lot of tea partiers, something they don't like and looking for people who can afford that. >> ed lavandera, nice job. appreciate it. thank you. well, they have fought to keep our country safe, but our veterans are fighting another battle right here at home. one word -- jobs. we'll show you how one vet is winning that fight, next.

no matter how you look at it, democrat or republican, people are struggling to find jobs. if if you think the nation's unemployment rate at 9.1% is bad, this is the reality for our veterans who have faithfully served our country since 2001. an 11.5% unemployment rate, that's about one in every nine veterans with no job. a lot of veterans are coming home after being deployed to iraq and afghanistan to a tough battle of landing a job. barbara starr caught up with an iraq war veteran who is actually sowing and now reaping his own opportunities as an example for other veterans. >> reporter: i'm a it city girl. what is all of this stuff? >> there's all kind of vegetables grown over here. here is curly dock, kind of

sour, you can cut this raw in a salad. you can cook it it. >> reporter: after serving in a marine corps reconnaissance unit in iraq, mike haines returned home in 2004, plagued with such severe combat stress he couldn't work. he found himself homeless. >> when i came back, i really had extremely difficult times transitioning. i just could not interact or associate with society at all. >> reporter: then mike came to this farm just outside san diego. here fea fellow marine teach farming forfeit low veterans. the it's much mciff neneeded he. the unemployment rate for veterans is 11.5%. and mike was vulnerable, says colin. >> it was frequently he would call and say, i couldn't think we can make it today.

>> reporter: now mike is turning everything around. at the farm's kitchen table, a new life is mapped out. >> i've got to find out if they sell it in big, huge containers, you know. >> right. all right. so what i'll do is i'll call my main distributor. >> reporter: mike is going into production with his own hot sauce called dane, whole food distributor is trying to get it on his shelves. >> here is a person i want to get involved in this and it it kind of fits in for what i do for work, but gave me new opportunities to help him develop his label, his brand. >> reporter: mike says he's learned to seek support, but for combat vets, getting any job can be tough. >> it it's hard to find support for these veterans coming back because there's so much involved with turning that off, you know, on switch that's triggered in

combat. >> reporter: and perhaps something switch with on for mike. something like this makes him feel like he's still serving. >> that's funny. i haven't even thought of that in that way. >> yeah? >> maybe so. maybe it's a rewarding feeling that i didn't get when i was doing it at the time. interesting. >> reporter: mike hanes will tell you this program has made him finally able to move on into a new post-war phase of his life. >> thank you, pr barbara. the president's jobs plan if passed would give a tax credit up to $5600 to encourage businesses to hire veterans. time right now, 20 minutes past the hour, to check our top stories. another bumpy day on wall street by stocks are edging up. you can see it there. that due in part to a good feeling other talks in europe greece's debt crisis. right now the dow is up 180

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the justice department is accused of many reneging on a deal of offering helped and green cards to a family of albanian immigrants and putting that family in danger possibly. the man says a decade ago federal prosecutors promised to help in exchange for his testimony against a fellow albanian immigrant accused of criminal it activity in texas. the case never went to trial. we'll explain why in just a moment. but the bottom line on the story is this -- the government wants to deport the man and his wife and teenage son back to albania, claiming that they don't qualify for asylum. prosecutors even acknowledge in court papers they could be harmed in albania, but they're still moving ahead with the deportation proceedings. this story is a complicated puzzle. gary tuchman puts the pieces together for us. >> reporter: the school day has just ended. >> oh, what is this? >> reporter: and this couple are relaxing on the porch of their

suburban houston home with their three children, an ideal ick setting. one would assume the family is living a happy life. but they're not. they believe they're in grave danger. >> we're both in a lot of depression, like we're trying to do our stuff, like our things, but it's really hard. >> reporter: that's because the u.s. government wants this mother and her 19-year-old son deported back to their native albania. >> how can they separate families and how can they send, like, half of the family over there when they know already it it's a danger? >> reporter: this is who keeps them up at night. his name is bill bedini, an albanian national, arrested in the u.s. charged with human trafficking. edmond who was in the u.s. legally worked for the man as a painter. a prosecutor offered a deal if dmuaj would testify against his former boss. they said, we'll protect you and

give you a green card if you help us. >> yes, sir. >> reporter: and you said? >> i said, i'm ready to work with the u.s. government, whatever they need from me. >> reporter: in court, bedini entered a not guilty plea, but before the trial could start, he jumped bail and fled home to albania. demuraj said now the u.s. reneged and was deported back to albania in the middle of the night. and bill bedini was there waiting for him with a gun in his hand. >> he pointed the gun straight here and after that he grabbed me again and pulled me up. and the gun was right here. he shot me. >> reporter: this is what demuraj abdomen looked like after he was shot. he left albania and through mexico found his way back to the u.s. he asked for asylum and ask the u.s. to remain. u.s. officials are allowing him

to stay, along with his two younger children who were born it in the u.s. but not his 19-year-old son nor his wife rodina, even though a justice department lawyer has said in court, if she goes to albania there is a possibility that mrs. demiraj will be persecuted. >> reporter: what do you think could p happen to your wife and son if they go back to albania? >> they're going to be killed. they're going to be killed. >> reporter: now the demirajs' attorneys are asking the u.s. to step in. >> this is a shameful display of how the u.s. government will use people who they need to keep us safe and then cavalierly discard them when they no longer need these people. >> reporter: if u.s. government attorneys acknowledge that edmond's wife rodina could be harmed in albania, why would they fight so hard to send her and her son back? it's perplexing and frankly seems inhumane and makes you

wonder if there's more to the story. if there is, the u.s. department of justice isn't saying. officials don't deny they offered the demirajs green cards if he participated. they he tell us it is not aware of any promises of physical protection ever made to he and his family. the assistant u.s. attorney who cut the green card deal with the family had no comment. she's now in private practice and has been nominated for a federal judgeship. >> reporter: will you ever allow your wife and son to go back to albania? >> i'm going to -- >> reporter: there's no way you can do that, right? >> that is not -- i don't know what i have to do, but i'm not going to let them go there. >> gary tuchman joins us in studio. horrible to see what that family is going through. but you say there are new developments today.

>> just about an hour and a half today, the attorney for the demurij family were summoned to speak with officials. they were told, lay out your case. this rarely happens in any immigration case. the attorneys for the family laid out their case, including what you just saw in our story. the officials, justice officials and immigration officials, said, let us think about it. but the attorneys for the demuraj family say they're cautiously optimistic. they're hoping for a development. >> he's so concerned for the family. i certainly hope there is movement there are. you know, we always say you should always get everything in writing. did this family get anything in writing when they made this deal with the government? >> that's what's vi interesting. the man has nothing in writing, but the u.s. government doesn't deny making this deal. the u.s. government doesn't deny dropping demuraj like a hot potato and sending him back to albania. there's no denial. >> are they scared?

you can see he's emotional. did you get the sense they are very scared? >> mrs. s demuraj says she sleeps evesleep s every night with one day open. he says he's seen bedini's associates in the area. they have a rental property several blocks away. windows were broken. they believe they were vandalized by these men. they're not only worried about life in houston, they have family members in albania, deathly worried for them. >> gary tuchman, hies noonicely the underwear bomber is representing himself in court today and already making a scene. i'll tell you what you've missed right after the break.

time right now, 35 minutes past the hour. let's check the top headlines and news you may have missed. president obama is back on the road today pushing his jobs bill, taking had his case to the key battleground state of north carolina. the president was in the raleigh-durham area where he toured a manufacturing facility and headed to north carolina university to deliver thiz third speech in as many days. the president once again told congress they should have no problems passing the jobs bill. >> everything in this proposal, everything in this legislation, everything in the american jobs act, is the kind of proposal that in the past at least has been supported by democrats and republicans. everything in it will be paid for. >> a new cnn/orc international poll shows americans trust the president on economic matters more than they trust republicans in congress. republican bob turner has won a special election in new york's heavily democratic ninth congressional district, won the seat of anthony weanor, the

disgraced lawmaker, turner beat a democratic candidate, an orthodox jew, in a district that is 25% jewish. he framed the race on what he called president obama's insufficient support of israel. the republican was endorsed by former democrat ed koch an obama supporter in 2008. the federal government released its final report on the bp oil spill just a short time ago. as expected, the government spreads the blame between bp and halliburton and transocean. all three companies it's found violated safety regulations. 11 workers died when a p oil rig exploded in p april 2010. in afghanistan, an attack that dragged on for 20 hours near the american embassy in kabul is over. six militants behind the attack are dead. new it video shows frightened

children crying after a rocket-propelled grenade explodes near their school van. this went down not far from the abandoned building the taliban used to fire on the american embassy. that attack and others around kabul tuesday killed seven afghans. the man accused of trying to detonate a bomb in his underwear on a plane more than a year ago reportedly is making a scene in court today in detroit. cnn afill wdib reports he yelled, osama's alive when he came into the courtroom. two bodies with signs of torture were found hanging from a pedestrian bridge in the border town in mexico. we'll have the details ahead.

a chilling message to those who use social media in mexico. now, we have to warn you the video you're about to see is very graphic. but take a look. two bodies hanging from a bridge with signs of torture. messages left near the bodies said the victims were killed for denouncing drug cartel activity on a social network. joining us with much more is raphael romo. boy, that individual are yoe is hard to look at. what do you make of this? what do you know about it? >> here's the bottom line, randi. what happens is in mexico media outlets have been threatened by

organized crime and for a long time now they have practiced self-censorship. so what people were doing was using social media to report on the crimes happening, crimes committed by drug cartels and organized crime. so now what's happening is yesterday morning they found two bodies hanging from a pedestrian bridge in the city of nuevo laredo. this is across the border from laredo, texas. right next to the messages there were posters indicating that this is going to happen to all those who are posting messages online reporting on what's happening with the drug cartels, drug violence in mexico. so it's a very shocking and chilling message to people who are doing that in mexico. >> so how carefully do the drug cartels then monitor social media? it sounds like they're pretty on top of it. >> based on what we see here, they monitor social media very closely. they're specifically targeting

two blogs that talk every day about what's happening in mexico where people can go there and in anonymous way post signs of drug violence in mexico. so apparently now, as far as we know, this is the first time they're targeting those people and allegedly those two who were murdered were part of that. >> you say the media takes part in some self-censorship, but others maybe even these people who don't follow that same rule and choose to speak out. and this is what can happen. >> exactly. because traditional media outlets have been threatened for years now in mexico. many of them are just not reporting any of this. so the only option that people have is reporting on twitter, on facebook, on blogs where they can do so anonymously, but this is a very, very shocking message and it's definitely going to create a chilling effect. >> what is it that they're saying about the drug cartels that they don't want out there?

how much can they say about them? are they it telling their wher s dss abouts? >> if there's a shootout, you'll see it on twitter. if there's facing-off of rival drug cartels, you'll see it on twit he her. so that information is being used by mexican authorities to deploy the military, to deploy the federal police. that's probably the reason why these cartels don't like it out there, because they're being found out a lot sooner than they used to be. >> so they can call attention as to where they are. are there -- do we have any idea how many networks are actually under threat that they might be monitoring? >> they specifically threatened two, and both allow people to anonymously post messages about what's happening in a realtime basis. so far it's only two, but then a part of the message in the poster that says, that is going to happen to all those of you

posting funny messages on social media that can be interpreted to include everybody who ever says anything about organized crime in mexico. >> you know, before you came on i actually posted our link on cnn.com to the story on my facebook page. and i'm getting quite a bit of reaction. what has the reaction been in mexico, any idea? >> well, we just saw a post by somebody on twitter saying this is the time to show what we're made of. in essence, saying we cannot be afraid, we cannot back away from reporting what these drug cartels are doing to the mexican people, and we need to keep on reporting so that the entire world knows what mexico is going through. >> wow. horrible to see what's p happened to those people there. rafa rafael, thank you. deadly strains of bacteria in your food? finally the u.s. government is cracking down.

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food has gone largely unchecked for some deadly strains of bacteria. seriously. but following a series of scares and recalls, the government is now taking some action. the department of agriculture says it's going to test for six more deadly e. coli strains in ground beef, which in some cases got into stores and even onto some of your dinner plates. cnn chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta is here to talk

about to us about why the government was okay with letting these deadly strain noose our food supply until now. >> well, it it's worth pointing out that they already test for these strains of e. coli. what's different is to keep the food from entering the food supply if they test positive for these additional six strains. it probably has more to do with the amount than anything else. in the past, it was thought, maybe these are are just trace amounts. it's okay if they get into the food supply. now obviously there's a change in attitude here. they're saying even if there's trace amounts it could cause potential problems. let ace keep it it out of the food supply in the first place. again, this isn't so much about recalls as it is inspections early on and keeping that food from getting into the supply initially. now, there's been a whole movement. we talk a lot about food recalls. there's been a movement in terms of trying to modernize food safety overall. for example, a lot of people don't realize that the fda in the past did not have the ability to issue recalls. they could just recommend them but not mandate them.

the fda can now do that. also, this idea of inspections, doing more inspections at various plants, various facilities, that's also been amped up as well. that's where this comes into play. now, not everyone thinks this is a good idea. for example, the american meat industry, they released a statement saying, look, we think this is going to cost a lot of money, those costs will be passed on to the consumer and we don't think there's significant public health benefit by keeping this additional food out of the food supply. again, food that has these additional strains of e. coli. this is obviously how it it is going to be for now. you know, talking about food and food safety, something people are paying attention to is listeria, as well. different than e. coli but potentially deadly bacteria. 16 people have become sick. they've been able to trace this particular bacteria back to the rocky ford region in colorado and in cantaloupes specifically. a fascinating process the way they do this inspection, unravel

the mystery for where this food came. but for now i think they've got a handle on it, listeria, 16 people in colorado and a few ajointing states well. they're going to tell people to keep in mind if you have a weakened immune system, if you're a pregnant woman, you're more at risk for developing serious problems here. but also the basic supply, clean your produce, clean your hands obviously, make sure to take the skin off the cantaloupe before you eat it. that's where bacteria tend to reside. again, potentially good news in terms of keeping our food safe from e. coli. back to you. >> thank you, sanjay. it's important to note the testing doesn't start immediately. the usda will begin testing for those six additional strains beginning march 5th of next year. straight ahead -- a family values televangelist advocates divorce, but you won't believe the circumstances. time to "face the music." the same set of values that drive our nation's military are the ones we used to build usaa bank.

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time now to "face the music". every day on this show we call out someone who we think has, well, really screwed up. today it is pat robertson, the host off the 700 club. robertson was asked on his show to give advice to a man whose wife is suffering from alzheimer's. the man's friend wrote a letter to the show sharing that the man's wife doesn't recognize him and the guy is, quote, bitter at god and has started seeing another woman. when robertson's co-host asked what that man should do, here's what he said. >> i know it sounds cruel, but if he's going to do something, he should divorce her and start all over again. >> that's right. you heard it, pat robertson actually said the man should leave his wife, divorce her, because she has alzheimer's and

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kausy anthony's parent speaking out on the case people can't get enough of. in an interview on the dr. phil progra interview, at one point cindy anthony said casey has a had history of seizures and implied that may have been a factor in the changes she saw in her daughter around the time that caylee was born. >> i don't know if she had a seizure that day and black ared out. i don't know what happened. and that's what i want to find out down the road. i'm not making justifications for that, but there's a cause

for those -- you don't just have a grand mal seizure. >> george and cindy's comments on the dr. phil program are their first since casey anthony was cleared on murder charges back in july. good news for those of you who have been outraged over the tsa's physical searches of children. the transportation security administration says new procedures should reduce but not completely eliminate the number of times children are patted down. among the changes, if a metal detector or full body image indicates a suspicious object, kids will be allowed several passes through the machine to identify the problem. also, screeners will have the option of swabbing a child's hands to check for explosive residue as an alternative to a pat-down. the new rules will be rolled out in the coming weeks and months. let's check in now with our peter hamby in richmond, virginia. what's happening in the political world today, peter? >> reporter: hey there, randi. rick perry the republican

front-runner made two stops in virginia, a key battleground in the general election. he went to lynchburg, virginia earlier and spoke at liberty university, the university founded by jerry falwell. he came here to speak to the republican party and outline why he will be the best nominee. he said that that will be because he can represent the clearest contrast with president obama in a general election. take a listen to this. >> we don't need to elect a nominee who is going to blur the lines between this administration and the republican party. we need a nominee who draws a distinct and clear contrast. >> reporter: after the 2008 election are, after john mccain lost that election, he faced a lot of questions from conservatives and criticism because he didn't draw clear enough contrast with president obama and really fresed turnout among the conservative base. rick